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CONRAD KRATH AND GUSTAV HERMANN- MoLL, or S'11.L0U1S,MISSOURI.`

Lenen Patent N 107,065, dared September o, 1ero.

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COMBINATION GARE-BOARD.

The Schedule xefen'ed to in these Letten Patent and malng part of thesame.

in Blocks; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to theaccornpanyingdrawing making av part of this specification, in which Y Figure lrepresents a draughts or clrecker-board;

Figur'e 2 represents a backgammon-board;

Figure 3 represents a fox-and-geese board;

Figure 4 represents a thirty-one game board;

Figure-5 represents a mill or twelve-meri Morris game board; and eFigure 6 represents a Cribbage-board, all of which are formed by ourimproved blocks.

Letters of like name and kind referto like parts in eac-l1 of thefigures. l

A large number of games, now popular, require each a board or table,arranged with specialV reference to the peculiar features of the game,so that, in families using several of said games, much expense andinconvenience are occasioned by the cost of the required boards, and bythe Spare occupied by them.

To remove these objections, and produce a device that, whileoceupyingfno more space, and costing but little more than asingle'ganre-board of ordinary construction, shall be capa-ble of beingchanged into boards for use in a number of games, are the objects of ourinvention, in which consists, as a new article of manufacture, in againe-board composed of a. number of cubic blocks contained within asuitable frame, and having upon one side ot' each a portion ofthediagram used in each of the gaines represented, as is hereinafter shown.

In the annexed drawing- A and A represent a series of cubic blocks,sixtyt'our in number, arranged in a square form, within a snit-able box,li, the sides of which project somewhat above the surface of saidblocks.

Upon each tace ofthe blocks A is painted or other- .wise aixed someportion of a game-board, so that, when said blocks are arranged withtheir corresponding faces upward, and each block in its proper relativeposition, their united upper surface shall contain the configuration ofthe complete game-board.

As an illustration of this principle it will be seenthat, in fig. 1, theupper faces of onehalt` of the blocks are colored dark, while thebalance have a liglrtcolor, and being so arranged that said dark andlight faces alternate in every direction, they form a draughts orchecker-board, while in tig. 2, another face of each block beingupturued, and'a dividing strip, G, being placed in and through thecenter, the devices represented thereon 'constitute a backgammon-hoard.

In order to facilitate. their arrangement, the blocks are consecutivelynumbered upon/one face, from one l to sixty-four,.and, whenr each blockand number occupy their proper relative positions, the games are allarranged upon the corresponding faces of said blocks, and can be madeready for use by turning said faces upward.

As thus constructed and arranged, one set of blocks is capable offorming six different diagrams for use in games, by which means a greatsaving in cost and space is secured.

One side, B', of the box B being hinged at its lower end, and secured inposition by means of hooks b, or other equivalent devices, allows of theinsertion of a cover, having its edges tongued, so as to fit into acornespondinggroove within the innerfaces of the sides of said box, bywhich means the blocks may be securely inclosed when not in use.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of our invention, f,

What we claim as new,vand desire to secure by Letf ters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, the hereinbefbr described game-board,composed of a number of cubic .blocks contained withina suitable frame,and having upon one side of each a portion of the diagram used in eachof the games represented.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set our handsthis 17th day of February, 1870. v

CONRAD KRATH. Witnesses: GUSTAV HERMANN MOLL.

JoHN K. TIFFANY, r G. E. WEsTBnooK.

